Death of a Salesman (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur Miller
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: 1940’s
- Setting: New York and Boston
- Principal Characters: Willy Loman, Linda, Biff, Happy, Charley, Bernard, Uncle Ben, Howard Wagner
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Suicide, Twentieth century, New York City, 1940’s, Yards or backyards, American Dream, Fathers, Death or dying, Sales personnel, Selling
- Locales: Boston, MA, Brooklyn, NY
The Story:
Very late one night, having that morning set out on what was to have been a sales trip to Portland, Maine, Willy Loman returned to his Brooklyn home because he had repeatedly driven his car off the side of the road. Now sixty-three years old, Willy had worked as a traveling salesman for the Wagner Company for more than thirty years. Of late, his sales had declined because his old customers had died or retired, and the company had taken away his salary and made him work on straight commission. His wife, Linda, comforted Willy when he returned and encouraged him to ask...
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